Please note that we do not normally operate a mail order service, we supply only through our town centre shop in Chesterfield. The exception is if you require a Wedding or Celebration Cheese Cake, in which case, please contact Simon, our proprietor.
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A variety of design of Cheeseboards is available for all occasions, and all the year round. All the Cheeseboards are made to your specifications from the list above.
If you’d like to order one (for collection only) , please download our Christmas leaflet (see below), fill in the form and hand or to a member of staff, or post, e-mail, fax or ‘phone.
R.P. Davidson
The Cheese Factor
10 The Market Hall
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40
1AR
Tel. 01246 201203
Mob. 07970 281717
E-mail: info@cheese-factor.co.uk
£15 ( 4 cheese wedges )
£22 ( 6 cheese wedges )
£30 ( 8 cheese wedges )
£40 ( 12 cheese wedges)
We will be happy to provide you with cheeseboards of your choice!
We are happy also to design a cheeseboard to suit your budget.
For 2024 / 25 our new cheese wheel comprises -
Smoked Cheddar
Cheddar Herbs & Garlic
Cheddar & Cracked Black Pepper
Double Gloucester, Chives & Onion
Ale & Mustard Cheddar
Vintage Mature Cheddar
Cheddar with Sun-dried Tomato & Basil
Hot Mexican Red Leicester
A total of a minimum of 800g of cheese, and all cheeses dated to
April 2025.
And don't forget, cheese freezes well - so you can extend the life of your cheese in the unlikely event that you don't manage to consume it over the Christmas period or within a week or two of purchase!
Download our Christmas 2024 leaflet here.
Our leaflets are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, and are about 1.0Mb
in size. They are designed to be printed on both sides of a sheet of
A4 paper, then folded into an A5 pamphlet format.
If you do not already have the Adobe Acrobat reader, you may
download it (free) by clicking on the button below:-:
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Mild coloured cheddar (Dairy Farmers of Britain)
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Vintage White Cheddar - an excellent vintage cheddar with a
gritty texture - from the Isle of Man - specially
selected by Simon !
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Tasty Coloured Cheddar (Scottish)
Lincolnshire
Poacher Farmhouse Cheddar - Unpasteurised traditional mature cheddar
Wookey
Hole Cheddar - Cheese made in Dorset and matured in the Wookey Hole
caves
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Snowdonia Black Bomber - Cheddar with attitude - smooth and
creamy extra mature
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Black Watch Cheddar - similar to Snowdonia but half the
price!!!
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Black Bob - our strongest cheddar cheese coated in black wax
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Cheshire (Coloured) Farmhouse - mild and crumbly
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White Stilton - a wonderful creamy and crumbly cheese with a
hint of saltiness - is wonderful with a glass of port!
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Red Leicester Farmhouse a firmer texture with natural
colouring
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Wensleydale - slightly crumbly - a favourite of Wallace
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Double Gloucester - full of flavour, but mild
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Derby - Mild and creamy
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Red Fox - Vintage Red Leicester with a twang
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Half Fat Farmhouse Cheddar -Cheddar
Texture
from Longmans
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Cornish Yarg - teasty cheese with a nettle leaf coating
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Crumbly Lancashire - Award winning cheese from Carron Lodge
creamery in Lancashire
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Red Cobble Crunch - Red Leicester "with a crunch"
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Monteray Jack - a cross between Cheddar and Mozzarella
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Lancashire Waxed Bomb - a 2 year matured strong and creamy
Lancashire. Will continue to mature for a further 2 years if
refrigerated. Available in whole cheese only of
circa 460gm. Made by Andrew Shorrock in Goosnargh near Preston.
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Blue Stilton - Tuxford and Tebbutt - rich and creamy with a
distinctive blue veining and taste - simply superb.
Derbyshire Blue - Creamier and softer than Stilton
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Stilton Chilli Bomb - blue Stilton rolled in fiery chillis
(very hot!)
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Dovedale Blue - softer and creamier than our Blue Stilton -
from Staffordshire Cheese Company
Shropshire Blue mellow alternative to Blue Stilton, orange curd with
blue moulds
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Port Wine Derby - mild Derby cheese with a luscious port vein
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Derby Sage Traditional - How it used to be with Sage in the
middle
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Derby Sage Marbled (Green) - a veined version with sage
flavouring
v Cotswold - Double Gloucester with chives + onion
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Innkepers Choice - mature cheddar with pickled onion and
chives *
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Lemon Crumble - Finest Wensleydale with lemon
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Red Hot Mex - Cheddar with chilli peppers
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Wolds Gold - Double Gloucester with horseradish and mustard *
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Bowland - Mature Lancashire with apples and raisins, covered
in cinnamon
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Cheddar Wholenut - Cheddar with Walnuts
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Cranberry in Wensleydale - Crumbly Wensleydale with whole
cranberry
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Caramelised Onion & Rioja Cheddar - Cheese to die for -
Simon's favourite - from the Cheshire Cheese Company
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Chilli and Lime in Cheddar - Cheddar with hot chilli and a dash of
lime
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Pineapple and Wensleydale - Wensleydale with slivers of
pineapple
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Sticky Toffee Cheddar - Cheddar with dates, raisins and
toffee
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Charcoal Cheddar - finest mature cheddar infused with
charcoal.
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Highland Herd - Garlic and Herb cheddar
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Mango and Ginger in white stilton
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Apricots in white stilton
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5 Shires - 5 layers of cheese - Cheshire, Leicester, Derby,
Double Gloucester and Cheddar
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Smoked Lancashire - lightly smoked over whiskey barrel
chippings.
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Hendo Cheese- red cheddar with a creamy texture, not too
heavily smoked.
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Smoked Cheddar - Derby cheese with the "secret" Sheffield
relish.
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Whisky Cheddar - Cheddar with the finest award winning Whisky
For Christmas:
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Lancashire Waxed Bomb
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Mature Lancashire with apples and raisins, covered in
cinnamon
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Cranberry in Wensleydale - Crumbly Wensleydale with cranberry
Camembert - Le Grande Rustique - Strong and Soft
Roquefort - one of the finest cheeses in the world, made from
sheep's milk and matured in caves in the Roquefort region
Traditional French Brie - Mild and creamy brie from France
Smoked Brie - 55% smoked over Whisky barrel chippings *
Delice des Cremieres - triple-cream - with a light, almost
mousse-like texture
Raclette - similar to Morbier without the ash
Comte - 12-14 months old, semi-hard full flavour from the Jura
region
Saint Agur - Blue and luscious. Almost spreadable
Munster - A soft wushed rind cheese - smelly ! (similar to Stinking
Bishop)
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Edam
- well known Dutch cheese
Old Amsterdam - An extra mature Dutch Gouda cheese with a rich and
robust flavour
Jarlesberg Norwegian. - A sweet nutty cheese - the one with the
holes
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Gjetost - A mix of cows & goats milk to make a rich caramel
taste cheese
Mozzarella
- Made from cow's milk. Excellent for cooking and salads
Parmesan Reggiano (in a block) Made in the Bologna Region of Italy.
The Best!
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Vegetarian Parmesan - At last we've found a good vegetarian
option we're happy to sell
Greek Feta - A mix of 90% sheep 10% goats milk
Danish Blue
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Montagnolo Affine - German soft blue - Supreme Champion
Cheese 2013
Gorgonzola Dolce - A smooth creamy gorgonzola from Italy (Dolce
means sweet)
Manchego - Spanish sheep's milk hard cheese
Pecorino Romano - Traditional Italian Sheep's milk cheese , not as
hard as Parmesan >
Chevre Goat’s Log - The classic soft goat cheese in a rolled log
shape
Goat Gouda - Dutch Gouda made with Goats' milk (really nice!)
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Yes, we do stock Violife 100% vegan cheese in plain, smoked and parmesan
A good Yorkshire Family pie of around 450g £3.95
Farmhouse Butter - Slightly salted, from our favourite creamery.
£2.40 per 250g
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Jars of Lemon Cheese (320g/12 oz) £3.50
Hendersons’ Relish (284ml) £2.50
Quince Paste (120g) £2.90
Locally sourced honey - clear or set - £8.50
Orkney Oatcake Biscuits - thins - 100g - £1
Orkney Oatcake Biscuits - thicks - 200g - £1.50
Stag triple pack cheese biscuit selection £6.90 for 450g or £2.90
for a single pack
Olive Pouches - four flavours - (in sunflower oil, 220g net) £4.95
Modens' Plum Bread 400g - £4.50
Traditional Bakewell Pudding 260g - £4.255
Ballancourt Pate £5.50 - lots of flavours including Pheasant,
Venison, Wild Boar,
Chicken Liver, Duck, Pork
Local Hasland Honey, clear or set, £8.50
Derbyshire Tea £5.45 or Decaffeinated £5.95
A selection of beers, including Farmers Blonde and Belgian Blue
£3.30 each or £9 for 3. Also part kegs @ £22
We have selected some wines to go with our cheeses: Two white wines, El Picador Sauvignon from Chile, good with Cheddar and Gouda; Marsanne, Viognier Deux Grives, good with smoked cheese; a Rose - Jean Didier Grande Reserve Cinsault which pairs well with Wensleydale and Cranberries and the sweeter cheeses. We've two reds, a Primitivo Appassimento from Puglia, like liquid velvet, woriking well withe Cheddar and the Blue Cheeses; Malbec Hornhead good with Stilton and the strong cheddars. We also have a Pocas Ruby Port, especially good with Stilton.
Please ask for details.
You can have your cheeseboard nicely presented in a cardboard box.
From £15
Chutneys - we have a range of Mrs Bridges Chutneys and Marmalades @
£4.50.
Drivers Pickles, including Piccalilli and Pickled Onions - in large
jars £3.50.
Mrs. Darlington's Chutneys and Lemon Curd £3.50
